Auranova vs MusicBall
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Auranova
Experience your music library with dynamic, real-time visualizers that react to every beat. Offers powerful audio tools like a 10-band equalizer and DSP effects. Personalize your listening with various themes and enjoy offline playback.
- Real-time audio-reactive visualizers
- Import music from device, PC, Google Drive
- 10-band equalizer with genre presets
- DSP effects (reverb, echo, bass boost)
- AirPlay visualizers to TV
- Offline playback
- Customizable themes
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Auranova transforms how you experience music. Play your entire library with stunning real-time visualizers that pulse and react to every beat — from mesmerizing Butterchurn effects to elegant Mirror Lines and particle systems. PLAY YOUR WAY • Import music from your device, PC, Google Drive • Import music streams • AirPlay visualizers to your TV for the ultimate experience STUNNING VISUALIZERS • 7+ real-time audio-reactive visualizers • 290+ Butterchurn presets (MilkDrop2 engine) • Beat-reactive ambient glow with bass and drum detection • Matrix digital rain theme with green CRT aesthetic • Full-screen and external display support via AirPlay POWERFUL AUDIO TOOLS • 10-band equalizer with genre presets • DSP effects: reverb, echo, bass boost, and more • Sleep timer for bedtime listening THEMES & PERSONALIZATION • Dark, Light, Matrix, and additional visual themes • Lock screen controls and background playback • Works on iPhone and iPad FREE TO USE Auranova is free with core features — bars and mirror line visualizers, flat EQ, dark theme, and radio. Unlock Auranova Pro ($4.99, one-time purchase) for all visualizers, Butterchurn presets, EQ presets, DSP effects, themes. Privacy-first: Auranova works entirely offline. No accounts, no tracking, no ads.
MusicBall
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Drop in a song. Watch a machine get built to play it. MusicBall takes a piece of music and constructs a whole contraption around it — plates, curving rails, spiralling drops. Then a ball falls through the lot, and every note you hear is the ball hitting something. It's oddly hard to stop watching. EVERY SONG GETS ITS OWN MACHINE Change the song and everything changes. A gentle piece grows tall spirals the ball winds slowly down through. A fast one packs tight columns it ping-pongs between. Switch back and forth and you'll never see the same machine twice. YOU'LL START TO SEE THE MUSIC Every note has its own colour, and it keeps that colour wherever it turns up. A few minutes in and you're spotting a melody's repeats on the wall before you hear them come round again. PICK WHO PLAYS THE MELODY Hand the tune to a different part and the whole machine rebuilds around it. Or let the spotlight travel between parts as the piece goes on — the ball slides across to a new rig each time the lead changes. Or run two balls at once, side by side. EVERY HIT LANDS ON THE BEAT The ball never fakes it. It arrives exactly when the note does, every single time — so what you're watching and what you're hearing are the same thing happening. BRING YOUR OWN FAVOURITE Seven classics are built in to get you started: Canon in D, The Entertainer, Turkish March, In the Hall of the Mountain King, Für Elise, Prelude in C and Gymnopédie No. 1. After that, bring in anything you like — your file stays on your phone. FLY THE CAMERA Ride along with the ball, or take over: spin around it, pan across the machine, pinch to take in the whole thing at once. NOTHING TO SIGN UP FOR No account. No ads. No tracking, nothing collected. It works exactly the same in Airplane Mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Auranova at Free against MusicBall's $4.99. Auranova also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). MusicBall's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Auranova is free to download; MusicBall costs $4.99 up front. Auranova sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MusicBall asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Auranova | MusicBall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DENIS TELEVNYY | 辉 邓 |
In-app purchases
Auranova
- Auranova Pro$4.99
MusicBall
No in-app purchases









